Mary Plantation House
Mary Plantation House | |
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  Location within Louisiana  Location within the United States | |
| Nearest city | Braithwaite, Louisiana |
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| Coordinates | 29°48′15″N 89°59′59″W / 29.80417°N 89.99972°W |
| Area | 1.5 acres (0.61 ha) |
| Built | 1795, enlarged 1820 |
| Architectural style | French Colonial |
| NRHP reference No. | 83000533[1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 13, 1983 |
Mary Plantation House is located on the Mary Plantation, downriver from Braithwaite, in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. It was begun in 1795 and expanded to its current form in 1820.[2] The house's architectural style is French Creole.[3]
History
Situated on the east bank of the Mississippi River, the building is the oldest house in Plaquemines Parish. Although the early history of the location is uncertain, according to one architectural historian a house was built on the site in about 1795. It was significantly enlarged in the 1820s, and it went through a number of owners.
Eric Knobloch, a Tulane University botanist, and his wife bought the property in 1946,[4] restored it, and opened it for tours. The plantation house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 13, 1983. After the Knobloch couple's deaths, their heirs sold the house in 2003.
The Mary Plantation House was put up for auction in 2012[4][5] and sold for $770,000 (~$1.04 million in 2024).[6]
See also
References
- ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ↑ "Historic Plaquemines plantation sold for $770,000 at auction". November 8, 2013.
- ↑ Times-Picayune, Paul Purpura, NOLA com | The (March 4, 2012). "Historic Mary Plantation House in Plaquemines Parish will be sold at auction". NOLA.com. Retrieved June 12, 2026.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - 1 2 Times-Picayune, Paul Purpura, NOLA com | The (March 4, 2012). "Historic Mary Plantation House in Plaquemines Parish will be sold at auction". NOLA.com. Retrieved June 12, 2026.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ "Historic Louisiana plantation to be auctioned", Fox News, March 2, 2012.
- ↑ "Mary Plantation in Plaquemines sold to New Orleans hotelier for $770,000", The Times-Picayune, 10 March 2012.
External links
Media related to Mary Plantation House, Plaquemines Parish at Wikimedia Commons- Historic American Buildings Survey, 1995, Forty pages - drawings
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